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February 23, 2017

Postdoctoral position available in multisensory interaction and education

Applications are invited for a Research Associate/Senior Research Associate position in the Bristol Interaction Group (BIG Lab) within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol. The role is part of the EPSRC project “Crossmodal Interactive Tools for Inclusive Learning”, which aims at investigating novel multisensory learning and teaching...

January 30, 2017

Welcome to New PhD Student Mohammed Alshahrani

Welcome to Mohammed Alshahrani who joins us to start his PhD on examining multimodal and crossmodal interaction to improve the accessibility and usability of mobile technology for the elderly population.

April 13, 2016

Journal Paper Accepted at JMUI

Our journal paper entitled “Audio-Haptic Interfaces for Digital Audio Workstations: A Participatory Design Approach” has been accepted for publication in the Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces Abstract: We examine how auditory displays, sonification and haptic interaction design can support visually impaired sound engineers, musicians and audio production specialists access to...

March 1, 2016

Journal paper accepted at PeerJ

Our journal paper entitled “Sonification of reference markers for auditory graphs: Effects on non-visual point estimation tasks” has been accepted for publication in PeerJ Abstract: Research has suggested that adding contextual information such as reference markers to data sonification can improve interaction with auditory graphs. This paper presents results of...

February 13, 2016

Crossmodal Interactive Tools for Inclusive Learning (CRITICAL) (2016/2021)

Sponsored by EPSRC Early Career Fellowship Role: Principal Investigator I have been awarded a 5-years Early Career fellowship to research and develop interactive learning tools to make mixed classrooms more inclusive of visually impaired students. I will be exploring answers to questions such as: how do people learn together when they...

December 27, 2015

Full paper accepted at CHI’2016

Our paper entitled “Tap the ShapeTones: Exploring the effects of crossmodal congruence in an audio-visual interface” has been accepted at CHI’2016 Abstract: There is growing interest in the application of crossmodal perception to interface design. However, most research has focused on task performance measures and often ignored user experience and...

November 9, 2015

Accessible Peak Meter at the Engagement & Enterprise Awards 2015

Our Accessible Peak Meter Plugin has been Highly Commended for the Influence Awards at QMUL Engagement & Enterprise Awards 2015 A plug-in which makes Digital Audio Workstations accessible to audio producers with visual impairments, allowing them to record and edit digital audio by using sound to represent signal levels. Project Poster

November 9, 2015

ShapeTones demo at SoundLab

We will be demonstrating our accessible audio-visual game ShapeTones at the SoundLab Play Space event ShapeTones is a memory game that we have developed for the iPhone/iPad. We designed it so that it could be played using audio, visuals or audio-visual feedback. Our aim was to make an accessible game that can be played by...

September 17, 2015

(Article) Accessible Peak Meter features in AFB AccessWorld Magazine

Our Accessible Peak Level meter, which won the award for Best Solution by a Large Organisation at the American Disability Act 25th Anniversary event organised by AT&T and NYU, has been featured on AccessWorld Magazine, the online magazine of the American Foundation for the Blind

July 31, 2015

Double awards for our DePIC research into developing technology for blind users

Our DePIC team has won the Award for Best Solution by a Large Organisation at the Connect Ability Challenge event, a software development competition focusing on developing technology that can help improve the lives of people living with physical, social, emotional and cognitive disabilities. The event was organised by AT&T...